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Requirements for Web archive

Requirements for Web archive

Requirements for METS.xml beyond the general SIP requirements

This is a list of requirements for the METS.xml file for web archive packages delivered to the National Library of Norway. These requirements are in addition to those defined in METS.xml requirements.

IDName, METS element, descriptionRequirementCardinality
NBWEBARCHIVESIP1Content Category
mets/@TYPE

The attribute mets/@TYPE MUST be used to specify the category of the content within the package, e.g., “Datasets”, “Websites”, “Mixes”, “Other”, etc. Valid values are defined in a controlled vocabulary. The vocabulary will be updated by the DILCIS Board as additional content information specifications are introduced.

For web archives, use this value:
Web archives

See the vokabulary here E-ARK-CSIP-Content Category.

This is a specification of CSIP2.		MUST1..1
NBWEBARCHIVESIP2Content Information Type Specification
mets/@csip:CONTENTINFORMATIONTYPE

Used to define the specifications for the type of content information applied when the package was created. Valid values are defined in a controlled vocabulary. The attribute is mandatory for METS documents at the representation level. The vocabulary will be updated by the DILCIS Board as additional content information specifications are introduced.

For web archives, the value OTHER is used (a term different from those included in the controlled vocabulary).

See the vokabulary here E-ARK-CSIP-Content Information Type.

This is a specification of CSIP4.		MUST1..1
NBWEBARCHIVESIP3Other Content Information Type Specification
mets[@csip:CONTENTINFORMATIONTYPE='OTHER']/@csip:OTHERCONTENTINFORMATIONTYPE

When mets/@csip:CONTENTINFORMATIONTYPE has the value OTHER, the attribute mets/@csip:OTHERCONTENTINFORMATIONTYPE MUST specify the type of content information.

OTHERCONTENTINFORMATIONTYPE for web archives MUST be NB-SIP-WEBARCHIVE-PROFILE-1.0.

This is a specification of CSIP5.		MUST1..1

Example 

<mets:mets xmlns:csip="https://DILCIS.eu/XML/METS/CSIPExtensionMETS" 
    xmlns:mets="http://www.loc.gov/METS/" 
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" 
    OBJID="no-nb_nettsider_1206202561053" 
    LABEL="no-nb_nettsidesider_1206202561053" 
    TYPE="Web archives" 
    csip:CONTENTINFORMATIONTYPE="OTHER" 
    csip:OTHERCONTENTINFORMATIONTYPE="NB-SIP-WEBARCHIVE-PROFILE-1.0" 
    PROFILE="https://earksip.dilcis.eu/profile/E-ARK-SIP-v2-2-0.xml" 
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/METS/ http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/mets.xsd http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/xlink.xsd https://DILCIS.eu/XML/METS/CSIPExtensionMETS https://earkcsip.dilcis.eu/schema/DILCISExtensionMETS.xsd">
</mets:mets>
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